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Living with floods

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
More than 30 teachers from seven targeted communities across the state that experienced flooding will come to the UI campus to participate in the first ever College of Education's Interdisciplinary Flood Institute Nov. 29-Dec. 2 as part of the Living with Floods project.

Council on the Status of Women sends sexual misconduct survey to UI students

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The University of Iowa Council on the Status of Women is sending an online sexual misconduct survey to all UI undergraduate students today, Tuesday, Nov. 27.

UI faculty, staff frequently make Ten to Watch list

Monday, November 26, 2012
The Iowa City Press-Citizen is currently seeking nominations for the 2013 Ten to Watch list. Many University of Iowa faculty and staff have appeared on past lists. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

AR12: Campus is changing, commitment remains the same

Monday, November 26, 2012
University of Iowa President Sally Mason introduces the 2012 annual report, which shares the scope and depth of the changing face of campus. Mason discusses the ways the UI continues to renew its campus in ways that allow students, faculty, and staff to lead and innovate in teaching and learning, research, creative endeavor, and service to our state and society.
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AR12: Markers of change

Monday, November 26, 2012
Construction cranes dot the skyline. Miles of cable and pipe snake underground. Shipments of wood chips replace loads of coal. The signs of changing University of Iowa campus infrastructure are everywhere. Expect to see many more in the years ahead.
UI College of Pharmacy Dean Donald Letendre talks with visitors at the grand opening of Iowa's first tele-pharmacy

UI alumni open tele-pharmacy

Monday, November 26, 2012
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy alumni Todd and Jon Thompson recently made Iowa history by opening the first true tele-pharmacy in the state.
University of Iowa graduate and Iowa native Brittany Griffith rock climbs in 2009 in Riglos, Spain. This year alone she has climbed in Italy, Spain, France, Turkey and 10 U.S. states. / Special to the Register

A rock star in rock climbing, UI grad pushes limits for a living

Monday, November 26, 2012
Long before she made a career of seeking out and scaling the world’s most unreachable places, about the only thing University of Iowa communications alumna Brittany Griffith was climbing was the Jefferson Street hill on the UI campus.
The Seamans Center is seen Wednesday on the University of Iowa campus. Enrollment in UI's College of Engineering has grown 66 percent in the past decade. / David Scrivner / Iowa City Press-Citizen

Enrollment surges at UI for engineering

Monday, November 26, 2012
Enrollment in UI’s College of Engineering has skyrocketed in recent years, growing 66 percent in the past decade, with the majority of that growth occurring in the past five years. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

UI's Schnoor says Iowa is buffeted by effects of climate change

Monday, November 26, 2012
Scientists in Iowa who study climate change, including the UI's Jerry Schnoor, say that Iowa is being buffeted by the effects of climate change, including hotter temperatures, droughts, and floods, and other extreme weather that could affect agricultural and livestock practices.
Ernest T. Pascarella

UI research shows students' critical-thinking skills benefit from diversity

Tuesday, November 20, 2012
UI College of Education professor Ernest Pascarella's and alumnae Tricia Seifert's research finds students' critical-thinking skills grow when they encounter diversity, and white students benefit the most from contact with people from diverse backgrounds and taking diversity courses.
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UI's Mueller discusses state of rural health care in Iowa

Monday, November 19, 2012
Keith Mueller, health management and policy professor in the UI College of Public Health, talks about the state of rural health care in Iowa and how it will change under the federal Affordable Care Act on Iowa Public Radio's "River to River" program.

International enrollment hits all-time high at UI

Monday, November 19, 2012
The number of international students at the University of Iowa hit an all-time high this fall, and the increase from last year was more than double the national rate. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)